Mingan of the Chiricahua

Mingan of the Chiricahua (1520-) was a war leader of the Apache.

Biography
Mingan of the Chiricahua was born in 1520 in the present-day United States south-west. Mingan was born to the Chiricahua of modern New Mexico, a branch of the Apache tribe, and he became one of their renowned war leaders. Mingan became the heir apparent to the Apache tribes before 1553, when he went on campaign with New Spain against the Chichimecs. He assisted in the Spanish capture of Culiacan, the last Chichimec city, helping them in destroying the last major threat to their rule in Mexico.